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AOG-23 Ammonusuc

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USS Ammonusuc (AOG-23) was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II
Mettawee Class Gasoline Tanker:
  • Laid down, 23 November 1943, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1520), at East Coast Shipyard Inc., Bayonne, N.J
  • Launched, 25 March 1944
  • Acquired by the US Navy 18 May 1944
  • Commissioned USS Ammonusuc (AOG-23), 19 May 1944, LTjg. Lester F. Baker, USCG, in command
  • Decommissioned, 4 June 1946, at New Orleans, LA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 23 April 1947
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 9 March 1948 for disposal
  • Sold in February 1948, and refitted for merchant service, renamed MV Providence
  • Sold in June 1969 to the Texas Corp., renamed MV Texaco Providence
  • Sold in August 1967, to Peerless #5 Corp., renamed MV Dean Reinauer
  • Final Disposition, burned in 1969, converted to a barge
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,700 t.(fl)
    Length 220' 6"
    Beam 37'
    Draft 13' 1"
    Speed 10 kts.
    Complement 62
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    three single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity 1,228 DWT
    Propulsion diesel direct drive, single screw, 720hp
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